English Premiership Winners by year: Complete list of Champions

Premiership Rugby winners list, past champions by year, history since 1988





  • Premiership Rugby is also known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby due to its Sponsorship reason.

  • It is the Top division Professional Rugby Union competition in England.

  • The First Premiership Rugby championship was inaugurated in 1987-88 season & the 1st winner is Leicester Tigers.

  • Leicester Tigers is the Most successful club who have won the most titles of Premiership Rugby with 11th times, followed by BATH & London Wasps won the title 6th times Each.

  • Saracens & Leicester Star Richard Wigglesworth have the most apps, 319 matches.

  • Sale & Saracens Star Charlie Hodgson had the most points , 2,625, while the Chris Ashton had the Most tries totals 93.

  • Bath became champions of England for the first time since 1996 with a dramatic 23-21 Premiership final victory over Leicester in baking conditions at Twickenham on Saturday.

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Gallagher Premiership Rugby Winners, Champions, history, List.







Who won the 2024–25 Gallagher Premiership Rugby, Current winner:




Saracens clinched their sixth Premiership title and their first in four years with a 35-25 win over Sale.

Bath held off resilient Leicester Tigers to win their first Premiership title in 29 years with a narrow 23-21 victory at Allianz Stadium Twickenham that also completed a 2024-25 treble.

The tense triumph crowns Bath as champions of England for the seventh time in their history but the first since 1996.

They were the trailblazing team in the league this season and went into the final as overwhelming favourites after finishing 11 points clear at the top of the table.




Who won the last year: 2023–24 Gallagher Premiership Rugby winner:




The reigning champions entering the season are Saracens, who claimed their 6th league title after winning the 2023 final.
 No team was promoted from the 2022–23 RFU Championship, as the champions were not able to satisfy the eligibility criteria required to enter the league.




Premiership Rugby winners & runners-up List by Year 1988-2025.



Between 1987 and 2002, the team at the top of the league was crowned English champions. Since 2002–03, the winner of the league has been determined by a Premiership Final, which takes place at Twickenham Stadium.


A complete Table list of Premiership rugby & Rugby English League Winners-Champions History & Results Since 1987-88  to 2025.



1987-88: Courage League

Leicester -- Wasps



1988-89: Courage League

Bath -- Gloucester



1989-90: Courage League

Wasps -- Gloucester



1990-91: Courage League

Bath -- Wasps



1991-92: Courage League

Bath -- Orrell



1992-93: Courage League

Bath -- Gloucester



1993-94: Courage League

Bath -- Leicester



1994-95: Courage League

Leicester -- Bath



1995-96: Courage League

Bath -- Leicester



1996-97: Courage League

Wasps -- Bath



1997-98: Allied Dunbar Premiership

Newcastle -- Saracens



1998-99: Allied Dunbar Premiership

Leicester -- Northampton



1999-00: Allied Dunbar Premiership

Leicester -- Bath



2000-01: Zurich Premiership

Leicester -- Wasps



2001-02: Zurich Premiership

Leicester -- Sale



2002-03: Zurich Premiership

Wasps 39 – 3 Gloucester



2003-04: Zurich Premiership

Wasps 10 – 6 Bath



2004-05: Zurich Premiership

Wasps 39 – 14 Leicester



2005-06: Guinness Premiership

Sale 45 – 20 Leicester



2006-07: Guinness Premiership

Leicester 44 – 16 Gloucester



2007-08: Guinness Premiership

Wasps 26 – 16 Leicester



2008-09: Guinness Premiership

Leicester 10 – 9 London Irish



2009-10: Guinness Premiership

Leicester 33 – 27 Saracens



2010-11: Aviva Premiership

Saracens 22 – 18 Leicester



2011-12: Aviva Premiership

Harlequins 30 – 23 Leicester



2012-13: Aviva Premiership

Leicester 37 – 17 Northampton



2013-14: Aviva Premiership

Northampton 24 – 20 (a.e.t.) Saracens



2014-15: Aviva Premiership

Saracens 28 – 16 Bath



2015-16: Aviva Premiership

Saracens 28 – 20 Exeter



2016-17: Aviva Premiership

Exeter 23 – 20 (a.e.t.) Wasps



2017-18: Aviva Premiership

Saracens 27 – 10 Exeter



2018-19: Gallagher Premiership

Saracens 37 – 34 Exeter



2019–20: Gallagher Premiership

Exeter 19 – 13 Wasps



2020–21: Gallagher Premiership

Harlequins 40 – 38 Exeter



2021–22: Gallagher Premiership

Leicester 15 – 12 Saracens



2022–23: Gallagher Premiership

Saracens  35 – 25  Sale.



2023–24: Gallagher Premiership

 Northampton Saints  25 - 21  Bath



2024–25: Gallagher Premiership

Bath  23 - 21  Leicester Tigers




Which teams are playing in 2025–26 Gallagher Premiership Rugby, Head coach, Captains List.




Club -- Director/Head Coach -- Captains



Bath --    Johann van Graan -   Ben Spencer

Bristol Bears  --  Pat Lam -   Fitz Harding

Exeter Chiefs --   Rob Baxter -   Dafydd Jenkins

Gloucester --   George Skivington -   Lewis Ludlow

Harlequins --  Danny Wilson -   Alex Dombrand

Leicester Tigers  --  Geoff Parling -   

Newcastle Falcons  --   Steve Diamond  - 

Northampton Saints --   Phil Dowson -   George Furbank

Sale Sharks  --   Alex Sanderson -   Ben Curry

Saracens  --  Mark McCall Maro 







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